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Study identifies risk factors for complications after spine surgery

In the last 20 years, due to diagnostic and surgical advances, more and more patients have become appropriate candidates for spine surgery, and the number of these procedures performed has risen significantly. While medical ...

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Weight-loss surgery has its complications but costs less than standard obesity treatment

The majority of people who undergo bariatric weight-loss surgery benefit from the procedure, but long-term complications and further surgery are not uncommon, according to a UK paper on late postoperative complications in ...

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Electronic medical record text search tool shows promise for identifying postoperative complications

Use of natural language processing, such as in the form of free-text searches of electronic medical records (EMRs) of clinical and progress notes of patients performed better at identifying postoperative surgical complications ...

Other created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outcomes for cardiac valve procedure patients are affected by insurance status

The type of primary insurance patients carry affects outcomes of cardiac valve operations in the United States according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. As a result, the ty ...

Health created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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